Wolfgang Saus's Blog News (23)

This is the explanation why you hear or don't hear a melody in this sound. And it's basic for the understanding of overtone singing.
https://www.oberton.org/en/do-you-hear-a-melody-or-syllables/

I developed a hearing test for professional musicians. It aimes on the development of a better awareness of overtones in singing voice. The website is in German right now, use google translate if needed. But the main content are the sound samples anyway.

Photo by Seth Doyle on…

An absolutely fascinating girls choir with incredibly versatile sounds. They interpret Past Life Melodies by Sarah Hopkins with composed overtone effects.

Wer mehr Obertöne hört, hat mehr graue Nervenzellsubstanz im “Hörzentrum” der rechten Großhirnrinde. Spannende Studie der Uniklinik Heidelberg, die zeigt, dass derselbe Klang von jedem anders wahrgenommen wird.

Auf den diesjährigen Stuttgarter Stimmtagen werde ich einen Vortrag über die Auswirkungen im Chorklang halten. Mehr dazu in Kürze.

Bild-Quelle: Neurologische…

This viola professor sings beautiful polyphonic overtones to the famous catalan song "El cant dels ocells", the hymn of peace and freedom, after Pablo Casals performed it at United Nations 1971 at the age of 94.…

Spiders tune their webs like a guitar.

picture credid: public domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Over 700.000 views. See the full movie.

The Life of Buddha. The London-based composer Glenn Keiles arranged the soundtrack for this 50-minute BBC documentary for the Aachen Obertonchor.…

It's from the sound track of academy award winning movie "The Great Beauty". And it's from Estonia again, the country I love, the country of voices.

Die große Schönheit – mit Obertönen zum Oscar | Vox Clamantis…

Check this out! Amazing what you can create from a single voice.

https://www.oberton.org/one-mouth-orchestra-michal-esz/

Seit ein paar Jahren spiele ich den Cosmicbow, einen mehrstimmigen Mundbogen aus Frankreich. Hier ein Blogartikel mit einem fantastischen Video des Erfinders:

https://www.oberton.org/zwei-obertonmelodien-gleichzeitig-cosmicbow-spieler-christopher-vila/…

http://www.oberton.org wurde komplett runderneuert. Auf über 200 Seiten findet Ihr meine über 20 Jahre gesammelten Informationen rund um Obertongesang.

Das Design ist luftiger, leichter navigierbar (hoffentlich) und besser durchsuchbar. Die Informationen sind schon jetzt mit über 200 Seiten deutlich umfangreicher als auf der alten Seite.

Neu unter anderem:…

It's not overtone singing, but I love this piece. It is an important part of my musical background and it gives light on who we are, how we developed our society. I stood in for somebody at short notice, joint the rehearsal today. I don't know how often I performed J.S. Bach's St. Matthew Passion in the last 30 years, 30 - 40 times? As highlights I remember the Israel tour with Seeliger (where our bus was attacked and I later faced a bomb attack without injuries), Paris with Helmut Rilling…

Sven Grawunder, PhD, phonetician and scientist from Max Planck Society Leipzig, published a very recommendable scientific book on Siberian throat singing. It's the most sophisticated and comprehensive disquisition on the topic I found until now.

Grawunder, S.: On the Physiology of Voice Production in South-Siberian…